Street-car indicator.



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STREET-CAR INDICATOR.

Application filed August 6, 1918.

To all whom it may concern Be it known that I, Fnnaonrorr Asonaro- TAT, a subject of the Emperor of Germany, residing at Perth Amboy, county of Middlesex, and State of New Jersey, have invented certain. new and useful Improvements in Strcet-Car Indicators, of which the follow ing is a specification.

This invention relates to improvements in or indicators and has as its principal object the provision of a register which may be operated from either end of the car, and be read from any position in the car without difliculty.

This and other like objects are attained by the novel construction and combination of parts hereinafter described, and shown in the accompanying drawings, formin a material part of this disclosure, in whic Figure 1, is a vertical sectional view of a conventional type of car, indicating the application of the invention.

Fig. 2, is a. fragmentary transverse sectional view, taken on line 2-2 of Fig. 1.

Fig. 3, is a sectional View of the operating means the section being taken on line 33 of Fig. 5.

Fig. 4, is a vertical sectional view taken on line 41-4: of Fig. 3.

Fig. 5, is a side elevational and sectional view taken through the register.

Fig. 6, is a vertical sectional view taken on line 6-6 of Fig. 5.

Fig. 7, is another vertical sectional view taken substantially on line 7-7 of Fig. 5, and v Fig. 8, is a side elevational view showing the operative mechanism.

In the drawings a conventional type of railway car is indicated by the numeral 10. having platforms 11 at its ends over which the roof 12 projects as is usual, this space being commonly occupied by the motor man and conductor respectively.

Engaged centrally of the car, is a casing containing compartments 15 and 16, containing the registering mechanism, the same having upon its ends, metal box-like casings 18, in which is slidably engaged forked plungers 19 formed with extending stems 20 having fixed collars 21. Above the upper portion of the casing and connected to the collars are open eyes 22, in whichare engaged the ends of cords 23 and 24:, running over grooved guide pulleys 26, the downwardly extending, outer ends of the cords being pro- Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented May 6, 1919.

Serial No. 248,516.

vided with pulls 27, by which they may be operated.

Engaged between the forks 19, and held normally downward by coiled compression springs 28 are pivoted dogs 31, held outwardly by the bent fiat springs 32, so as to pass through openings 33, in the ends of the casings, the forks being guided by the ends of the pins 30, which extend through longitudinal slots .34, in the ends of the casing.

These dogs have a wide face adapted to engage simultaneously in the teeth of the ratchet wheels 38 and 39, mounted upon spindles 4.0 and 21 which pass longitudinally through the register compartments 15 and 16, and have their ends journaled in the walls of said compartments. Drums 42 and s3 are mounted on said spindles and provided at their ends with plate rings 4H; and l5, having a plurality of perforations 46 formed therein, in which are secured rods 4-7 which are each covered by a sheet of material -18.

These sheets are provided along their marginal lower edges, with U shaped strips 50, cemented or otherwise secured and are adapted to make frictional contact with the interior of curved metallic cover plates 52 and 53, which partially encircle the spindles 4:0 and 41, but spaced at such a distance therefrom as to prevent the release of the sheets until they have passed the points 54:, and 55, as the spindles are rotated.

Upon actuation of the pulls 27, the drums to which the sheets are attached are caused to rotate, due to the action of the ratchet wheels, liberating one of the sheets so as to hang vertically in front of openings provided in front of the casing, where they are visible to the occupants in the car through transparent coverings 56 and 57, the outer sides of the sheet bearing upon them the names of the streets or designations at which the car stops.

Obviously from the foregoing description the register may be operated from either end of the car, one of the pulls 27, operating one of the registers and the other pull the mating register, so that the sheets are dropped before the openings one after the other.

In addition to the foregoing, a bell 60 may be arranged adjacent to the register, audibly announcing that a change in the same has been made, the same being connected by any convenient means with the cords or with a push button.

Having thus described my invention what I claim as new and desire to secure by Letters Patent is:

1. In a car indicator, the combination with a casing having two compartments, of drums rotatably mounted therein, ratchet wheels fixed upon said drums, a pawl engageable with both of said ratchet wheels whereby they are simultaneously operated, a plurality of sheets bearing designations, attached to said drums andadapted to be displayed through openings in said casing, and means for actuating said pawl'i'rom the ends of the car.

In a car indicator, the combination with a compartmented casing and a pair of drums rotatably mounted therein, of ratchet wheels fixed upon the ends of said drums, at single pawl enga'geable with both of said ratchet Wheels, means for actuating said pawl from either end of the car, sheets pivotally secured at their edges longitudinally to said drums, and means formed in said casing for releasing said sheets consecutively whereby designations therein appear through opposite sides of said casing.

3. In a car indicator, the combination withv a casing, a pair of drums journalcd therein and means for rotating said drums simultaneously in reverse directions, of raised plate rings secured at the ends of said drums, pins extending from one ring to another, sheets engaged with said pins, said sheets nornially hanging pendant, and a curved casing against which the outer edges of said sheets frictionally engage, said curved casing having release points permitting said sheets to be consecutively displayed before openings in said casing.

In testimony whereof I have affixed my si gn atu re.

FRIEDRICH ASCHMOTAT.

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